From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 18:16:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F08401065675 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8638FC22 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-117-232.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.117.232]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id F121E1E5BC; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:16:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o57IGtBo001523; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:16:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:16:55 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Chad Perrin Message-Id: <20100607201655.806ec7f3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100607035650.GA29350@guilt.hydra> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: office apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:16:58 -0000 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:56:50 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > There are options for one-way compatibility (e.g., catdoc for turning MS > Word files into plain text), but for being able to interoperate to > roughly arbitrary degrees with users of MS Office I'm not aware of > anything other than OO.o, KOffice, and whatever GNOME's using, that would > work for the purposes you described. And don't forget there's also StarOffice, the program it all began with. :-) > Ever since it essentially stopped being possible to install OO.o from a > binary package on FreeBSD for me (at least without also installing Java), > I've dreaded the day I will no longer have the venerable OO.o install > from way back when and some jackass expects me to talk back and forth via > MS Excel. In the past, OpenOffice provided localized binary packages, and you could e. g. "pkg_add -r de-openoffice" to install the german version of OpenOffice, including dictionary. Thanks to today's "modern" software this isn't possible anymore, simply due to the many options you NEED to set at compile-time, and things like a dictionary need to be added afterwards manually. So compiling OpenOffice is your only chance to get it, except there is someone who did compile it for you with the correct options (e. g. regarding the use of Java, CUPS, Gnome, KDE, and so on). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...